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PRESS BRIEFING BY CHIEF OF OCHA EMERGENCY LIAISON BRANCH

PRESS BRIEFING BY CHIEF OF OCHA EMERGENCY LIAISON BRANCH

1 February 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY CHIEF OF OCHA EMERGENCY LIAISON BRANCH

19990201

The humanitarian situation in Sierra Leone could be described as very serious with the likely possibility of further deterioration if the current political and military situation continued, Kevin Kennedy, Chief of the Emergency Liaison Branch of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told correspondents today at a Headquarters press briefing.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

3 February 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990203

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by introducing Martin Griffiths, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, who was to brief correspondents on his recent visits to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. [Mr. Griffiths' press briefing will be issued separately.]

PRESS BRIEFING ON CURRENT SESSION OF WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

PRESS BRIEFING ON CURRENT SESSION OF WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

4 February 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON CURRENT SESSION OF WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

19990204

The major impediments to the achievement of de facto equality of women were stereotypical attitudes and the fact that people had still not realized that women's rights were human rights, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Angela King, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

5 February 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990205

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by stating that the Secretary-General had been anxiously following the news of King Hussein of Jordan's grave illness. His thoughts and prayers were with His Majesty and family and, indeed, with all the people of Jordan at this difficult moment in their history.

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